Eight Goodgymers helped the Wigmore community begin their Christmas celebrations. They wrapped presents, hosted with food and drinks to tables helped with the washing up, clearing up and joined in with the fun and dancing.

Tonight's task was obviously very appealing as we had a great team at the Chaul End Community Centre, all set to do battle with 4 sacks of potatoes, 10 bags of carrots, 5 bags of parsnips, and a mountain of sprouts. With vegetable peelers and paring knives in hand, we set about peeling just about everything i sight, and with such a big team it didn't take us too long before everything was peeled, carrots were chopped, potatoes cut up for roasting and the parsnips and sprouts put ready for cooking. Tomorrow the veg will be cooked up for a Christmas meal for around 100 senior citizens. We really hope they enjoy their meal, they certainly won't be going hungry.

The destination for this week's group run was the Shri Guru Ravidass Gurdwara, only a few hundred metres from our start point, so we took the runners on a small loop out to Brantwood park for a quick lap of the park to add some distance before returning to the Gurdwara.

On arrival, we split up to tackle a deep clean of the common areas of the temple and the kitchen. With about 40 minutes of scrubbing, mopping, wiping and vaccuming we put the freshness back to the prayer room, the dining hall and the kitchen.

Heading back out into the night after a task well done, we squeezed in another short run through the town centre to enjoy the Christmas lights and festive atmosphere before heading home.